Decision
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The European Commission and the IMF have admitted their errors – not only the inaccurate macroeconomic forecasts on which the Greek program was based, but also the
decision
not to account for social sustainability – and have acknowledged that the program has not produced the expected results.
There, the takeoff point for joining Asia’s great production chains was not just the country’s low wages, but a
decision
to redress past government omissions: trade liberalization, creation of a more favorable investment climate, and infrastructure improvements.
MOSCOW – The
decision
by BP and the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP to sell their stakes to Russia’s state owned Rosneft crowns a very successful year for the company – and for Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.
At first, the Bank of Japan hesitated to adjust its monetary policy accordingly, allowing the yen to appreciate – a
decision
that drove the country’s long-stagnant economy into recession.
Decisions on sanctions will be streamlined by a “reverse majority rule,” under which a European Commission recommendation for
decision
is considered adopted unless rejected by a majority of the member states’ ministers.
But the
decision
to prolong Bouteflika’s presidency will not provide the kind of strong, transformational leadership that Algeria needs to materialize the regime’s stability promises.
There was also a very painful recent
decision
– legally unavoidable but one that made me feel, as a journalist, dishonorable and ashamed – not to pursue a proposed face-to-face encounter with Assange while he was under house arrest near Cambridge.
Water supplies in many refugee camps, in both Jordan and Lebanon, have been cut to a minimum – a
decision
that affects millions of people who are already enduring scorching temperatures.
Then, unnamed investors (allegedly the largest Russian state banks) benefited from the CBR’s
decision
on December 12 to allow these bonds to be used as collateral for three-year CBR ruble loans at the policy rate.
At the same time, Juncker does not buy soybeans – the European Commission has no such budget, and any such imports would ultimately be a private-sector
decision.
The
decision
to leave the EU will dominate British national life for the next decade, if not longer.
America’s
decision
to engage, rather than isolate, Pakistan has also helped.
Hence Sarkozy’s
decision
to arrest other Muslim men suspected of Islamic extremism and bar certain imams from attending a religious conference in France.
In this sense, the EU’s
decision
to delay implementing its association agreement with Ukraine in order to create space to pursue consensus with Russia is a positive indicator.
This can be explained largely by the fact that the
decision
comes down to the 15 members of the Security Council, who select the candidate to be rubber-stamped by the UN General Assembly (as has occurred in every case so far).
It is a political decision, made principally by the P-5.
Endgame in KosovoIn the coming months, a fundamental
decision
will be made that will challenge the capacity of the international community, particularly Europe, for conflict resolution.
Most recently, his misguided
decision
to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement jeopardizes America’s global standing.
In other words, NATO's unity, and perhaps its future, could be imperilled, both by a
decision
to send troops, and by a
decision
not to send troops.
China’s Dam FrenzyNEW DELHI – China’s frenzied dam-building hit a wall recently in Burma (Myanmar), where the government’s bold
decision
to halt a controversial Chinese-led dam project helped to ease the path to the first visit by a US secretary of state to that country in more than a half-century.
The Burmese
decision
thus shocked China’s government, which had begun treating Burma as a reliable client state (one where it still has significant interests, including the ongoing construction of a multibillion-dollar oil and natural-gas pipeline).
And when the Constitutional Council does censure a law, it leaves Parliament the time it needs to review the
decision
and bring the law into compliance with the Constitution.
Many people predicted, and everyone can now see, that the
decision
to invade was a disastrous error; that it is having catastrophic consequences, not just for Iraq, but also for the Middle East generally; and that it has seriously damaged the moral standing of the United States and Britain.
When urging a colleague to come to the meeting, one committee member noted that if somebody were to catch cold, a completely different
decision
might be reached.
LONDON – When voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls on June 23 to decide whether their country should leave the European Union, the issues they will have to reckon with will include the impact of their
decision
on unemployment, trade flows, and the stability of financial markets.
Much more important is the potential impact of such a
decision
on the UK’s global standing.
Likewise, the European Central Bank’s
decision
not to cut rates – deluding itself that it may be able to raise them once the allegedly “temporary” credit crunch is gone – is mistaken.
Behind this landmark
decision
was a potential crisis.
(There have been some steps toward reform, including a
decision
to remove judges from local political control.)
Russia is suffering from its
decision
to become a big energy producer at the expense of diversification.
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